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Gallant

adjective

Unflinching in battle or action. "Put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"

Lively and spirited. Synonym: dashing.

Having or displaying great dignity or nobility. Synonyms: lofty, majestic, proud. "Lofty ships" , "Majestic cities" , "Proud alpine peaks"

Being attentive to women like an ideal knight. Synonyms: chivalrous, knightly.

noun

A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell.

A man who attends or escorts a woman. Synonym: squire.

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"Gallant" Quotes from Famous Books

... man. Then the hunt includes as its adjuncts to the young ladies certain men in pink. They "form" on a roadside, and the master of the hunt says, "Ladies and gentlemen, will you hunt?" and he motions to the whipper-in—a gallant creature in pink also— ...

— Manners and Social Usages • Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

... Doctor when you see him & tell him that I can scarsely find time to write you even a Love Letter. I will however for once give you a political Anecdote. Dr Smith Provost of the College here, by the Invitation of the Continental Congress, lately deliverd a funeral Oration on the gallant General Montgomery who fell at the Walls of Quebec. Certain political Principles were thought to be interwoven with every part of the Oration which were displeasing to the Auditory. It was remarkd that he could not even keep their Attention. A Circle ...

— The Writings of Samuel Adams, vol. III. • Samuel Adams

... Republic. Born at Tusculum on the narrow acres which his peasant forefathers had tilled in the intervals of military service, he commenced advocate at the country assizes, followed his fortunes to Rome and there became a leader of the metropolitan bar. He saw gallant military service in Spain and in Greece, commanded an army, held all the curule offices of state and ended a contentious life in the Senate denouncing Carthage and the degeneracy of ...

— Roman Farm Management - The Treatises Of Cato And Varro • Marcus Porcius Cato

... his son than he had ever been since the day he last saw him in all the pride and beauty of a gallant young soldier. ...

— The Christmas Peace - 1908 • Thomas Nelson Page

... o'clock afternoon, with a wind tempered to mildness by a bright sun. The streets were thronged, while the balconies and overhanging windows had their groups on the lookout for entertainment and gossip. As may be fancied the knightly rider and gallant barb, followed by a dark-skinned, turbaned servant in Moorish costume, attracted attention. Neither master nor man appeared to give heed to the eager looks and sometimes over-loud questions with which they ...

— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 2 • Lew. Wallace

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